Significantly enhanced support and docs for "non-root" installation,

including both "virtual" and PYTHONPATH-based installs.  The activation
precedence of distributions has also changed so that PYTHONPATH-based
non-root installs can include eggs that override system-defined packages
(whether managed or unmanaged).  This version should eliminate most
common installation complaints from non-root Python users.
Note: this version includes a hacked 'site.py' to support processing
.pth files in directories that come *before* site-packages on sys.path.
However, because of its placement, it should only come into play when
a user puts the setuptools .egg file *directly* on PYTHONPATH, so it
doesn't affect "virtual" or "root" installations.  It's strictly to
provide support for luddites who refuse to give up their
existing non-root PYTHONPATH setup unless you pry it from their cold,
dead hands.  :)

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diff --git a/pkg_resources.txt b/pkg_resources.txt
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--- a/pkg_resources.txt
+++ b/pkg_resources.txt
@@ -1488,6 +1488,17 @@ File/Path Utilities
 Release Notes/Change History
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+0.6a6
+ * Activated distributions are now inserted in ``sys.path`` (and the working
+   set) just before the directory that contains them, instead of at the end.
+   This allows e.g. eggs in ``site-packages`` to override unmanged modules in
+   the same location, and allows eggs found earlier on ``sys.path`` to override
+   ones found later.
+
+ * When a distribution is activated, it now checks whether any contained
+   non-namespace modules have already been imported and issues a warning if
+   a conflicting module has already been imported.
+
 0.6a4
  * Fix a bug in ``WorkingSet.resolve()`` that was introduced in 0.6a3.